“I started to think of this as ‘The Cassandra Song.’ It plays as follows:
1. Trump (or senior people in the movement) said (insert bad outcome or values).
2. We had good reasons to think he/they meant it.
3. We had good reasons to think his base wanted it.”
We weren’t disbelieved. We were gaslighted by those around us. The majority of Americans have always been fascists. They knew what we said was true. They’re actually in favor of it all.
The best line in the whole article:
*And looking back, it was all obvious.*
Last words that will be remembered by nobody when we’re all dead and the fascists are victorious… which I’m pretty sure is nearly a fait accompli since there’s no direct resistance aside from wearing frog costumes, blowing whistles, and praying ICE doesn’t open fire.
Instead of trying to get people to help we Cassandras should pursue whatever means we prefer to resolve this situation with extreme prejudice.
*Once you have that label of woman or girl or female on you, people kind of discount what you say…*
If you’re male and a member of the African Diaspora, you have the added benefit of being perceived as dangerously violent and potentially suffering from some variation of schizophrenia regardless of who you’re talking to. All the -isms are deployed to discredit the critics of fascism in the US.
@oberstenzian that is the biggest line of bullshit…translated:
”let me justify why I didn’t do shit because I benefit from this fascist system”
*Cassandras are not reasoning on the basis of fear; rather, their reasoning has led to a conclusion that is frightening. Indeed, I would say being a clear, critical thinker is the first of the things that make someone more likely to have ‘got it’ early…*
I’m reading this as: “normal people are too stupid to be clear, critical thinkers so they went along with fascism because they’re stupid.”
Sounds accurate.
*Cassandras are not reasoning on the basis of fear; rather, their reasoning has led to a conclusion that is frightening. Indeed, I would say being a clear, critical thinker is the first of the things that make someone more likely to have ‘got it’ early…*
I’m reading this as: “normal people are too stupid to be clear, critical thinkers so they went along with fascism because they’re stupid.”
Sounds accurate.
Violette Nightshade
Oberst Enzian